The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1887-02-12

VUDs ALAA
BILL ARP's LETTER.
ruoKEE PHILOSOPHER ON
MIS- TRAVELS,
r,.sissippL where He Meets ""ny
-, Ceorgians-The n YazO0 Fraud
ol% ~..sou Dayis's First speech-H"i-
" sprixGs, Grenada, Ete.
,sonce Atlanta GA. y constitutional
om in Mississippi nova state
,,s CO. Geography | have never before
po;e ,;ed without book. l have long
eb'sI ;.bsd to visit her or him or it or what,
srII J. the sex may be. know that the
= :. ' states are feminine but have not
Fnes ,,sn ssn' that Mississippi means the
lEo H. of waters, but reckon when the
ihse Gentleman II quit making rivers and
y ynon the land he took the sex e o, ,,
:, 0.sis upv earth, and 50 we must say "her."
ao'9s, e1 9Gaorgisus feel very kindly towards
y u ots for II once was ours, and we
o,s aas herr her up'' like father give: CT pat
;monv ~ nv to her child, l mentioned i.:s tnls
aSDs ;tS paternal pride to my old III irleha 1
l.;ar a.n Harper. who lives near by, and ne
s'V. y "yes 1 YES: that is 60. I am an old
3eorgian. I came from l.ant1" L,ntT,n ment;o" m"'
snturv ago, and I frequently mea.,oh aeao',
a aIs.s GEORGIA I as our mother. even though
\. y GGT Gid trv to play the 'Injuns gift upon
ne >" o'u aHov 4 - 80 :" said I. "Why don't
NJ know" said he, "that some OF vae tnose
sso,oians ~ got up that infamous lazoo Z. zoo
.sud and tried to steal a big slice OF our
E,ste sse s after they had given it to u.s.
RSst R;s'.' ia s what we boys used to call the
fuiun gift-that is, to give @ mug sa;m aM'S
EnS NAT then e steal it or take it back again
Ye, Of course know about that, bu,
i;s' ;n'formation ~ nation is that the Yazoo fraud
rus Tss very much exaggerated. Ihe The. ',usm RUIN
sat y that at some Of the purest and best men
y = ths % State were engaged in it[men
o.ha . slv wou1d o, have scorned an unholy thing
Nlv "hut nolitics ran high and it was an-
to cry fraud with a loua 'o.fe' a.b,
!" as to kin off aud bury a lew men VINO VINO
= were "a in somebody eIse's way, and hence
Tv.o ,ha ,reat ,n hue and cry about the 4azoo
tnv t.sus E'"s The measure was defeated, OF
course. @ aud although it was not .,pe1 se s,,
an ipiouitous one, it became taln.ed Gy
! y d;strihution of some of the stock ID
order to secure votes and influence
1dropped down from Grand junction
n Holly Springs one morning, and have
~ hoan % dronninc down from town to lowe
ovor over s;nce % The Illinois Central spllts
the State in two from north TO sousn,
and and is great corporation, but somehJw ae wv
don't like the name. 1t useu !n w, oe
the Mississippi Central and was o ou"s eom. y:
tb;s G neonle and when they were COM
nelIeS raI f1 to sell out they ought to have Kept
The name if nothing else ~ smacAS ;a ner' @uo
much of foreign dominion, ana IS a per-
netual remainder of our mlstortunes' !
wonder how those Illinois people woula
l;te tn have one of their roads named Inc
Central. 1t is contrary TO 'ne
fitness Of things. ,
HolIv Springs is an old fashioned town W n
II ohont ! O00 inhabitants. l,eiore the
war much wealth and refinement haa a l.s
abode here, but now the wealth ~ ~ 20 se
" diminished, and without it even !e. :e.
fnement has to struggle to MAINTAIN i!s
The grand old aristocray Is Is
away, and this generation mas NJ.
buckled down to business. Inc naek'
ground and support of this town IS co'' @
ton grown chiefly by negroes. Ihe mef'
chants handle about $4,000 bales IN a
season, and out of 1t comes a
thriving trade that greases an 'ne IN
wheels, and sustains schools ana churo.es .I,
If there is no money in cotton 10 the
farmers, there is lots of it to the trades
men An old gentleman whose name Il, !,
Tyler lives here; an octogchaaia"e e." ",
splendid memories; an editor "t hlty
years experience and felt like l was
sitting at the feet OF Gamaliel as he talk
ed to me of the old ante bellum days
and away back to the times OF Judge
Sharkey and s. S. Prentiss and Henry =
Foote, He told of hearing Mr., DaV''
sneak against Prentiss on the hustng'
when Wings and Democrats were ngn.
ing for power. He said the Democra''
had tried in vain to get somebody te
meet Mr., Prentiss and utterly iaiiea nn
til they called OH Mr.. Davis who wa wa
then without any political prestige. Hi
party and his friends we're greatly grati
fed that he held his own and was no
utterly demolished by the gifted orator
This gave Mr.. Davis a send upward ant
was the beginning Of his political career
Mr.. Tyler says he heard that speech. H'
saws that Mrs. Davis told him atterwaTd
she was greatly concerned aud trem1le. e.
for the consequences. That MI
Davis was not calamity dressed
for the great occasion, and sh'
purchased for him pair OF pants, an,
when he donned them they were so mucl
too lonv she took them and cut them o1
several inches, and they were then to-
short. But he appeared in them anyho..
and as he lowered up and strained hi
eloquence with uplitted arms the pant
crawled nearly up TO his knees, and sh